Disciples Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (1870) 1,681,031 (-3.41%),
10% black, don't use music in services Church of Christ (Instrumental) /
Christian Church and Church of Christ (1935) - 1,213,188 (-0.85%), schism, use
music in church services

Judaism - 5,621,339 (2% of the population) Judaism is third in the USA
after Protestantism and Catholicism. Considering that they are only 2% of the
population, they play a significant role in the life of American society.
American Jews are divided into three main branches: Orthodox - 28% of all
Jews in the USA; Conservative - 42% Reformed - 30%

Muslim - 4,131,910 (1.5% of the population) Immigrants from Islamic
countries started appearing in America in the 1860s. Today there are three
groups of Muslims in the USA: 1. Orthodox (basically Sunni), by 1995 their
number grew to 3 million (72.6% of US Muslims). 2. Nation of Islam (1977),
includes World Community of Islam, Black Muslims, Bilalians. The Nation of
Islam is considered heresy in the Islamic world 3. Akhmadiya (Cadiani).
Muslim community in India, founder - Mirza Gulam Akhmad Cadiani (1835-1908).
Many Islamic countries (e.g., Pakistan) do not accept Akhmadiya as a Muslim
community, the overseas headquarters was established in Washington as of 1921.
The followers are black Americans and immigrants from Pakistan.

Buddhists - 2,449,570 (0.9% pop.) Buddhist consist of the Japanese and Chinese
population of the USA, but also include immigrants from Vietnam, Cambodia and
other Buddhist Asiatic countries. The largest Buddhist organization is the
American Buddhist Church (founded 1899).

Hindus - 1,031.677 (0.4% pop.) One million immigrants from India and new Hindu
sects like the Divine Light Mission headed by Guru Maharaj Ji; International
Society of Krishna Consciousness, the Bengalese movement Shri Chimnoy Center;
Society of Shri Ayurveda.

Bahaists - 753,424 (0.3% pop.)

New Religious Movements - 810,859 (0.3% pop.) Basically Japanese syncretic
sects. The largest of these is Nichiren Shoshu of America / True Church of
Nichiren (founded in USA in 1960), which is known in Japan as Soka Gakkai (Value
Creation Society) - nearly 300,000 members (70% not of Asian origin). Noted
of the many small Japanese new religious movements:

Tensho Kotai Jingu Kyo (sect of the Dancing God on Hawaii).

Church of Perfect Liberty / PL-Kyodan - 50,000 adherents in USA in California

Tenrikyo - 2,000 members (99% Japanese)

Siech no Iye - 7,000 members (99% Japanese)

Sekai Kyusei Kyo (Church of World Messianity) - 3,500 members in USA, half of
which are on Hawaii

In the USA there are new religious movements from Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia and
China.

The election campaign in Russia and discussion of its results are accompanied
with anxious commentary about possible concentration of extremist tendencies.
Meanwhile, in the USA, where, by the way, in contrast to Europe, propagation of
national animosity and Fascism are not prohibited by law, a surge of neo-Nazism
may be observed.

According to the information from the Washington ProFile information agency,
150-200,000 people subscribed to racist or neo-Nazi magazines, took part in
rallies or gatherings that were organized by this type of organization, or gave
them money. For propagation of their views and recruitment of new members they
were diligent in using the resources of the Internet and small radio stations.

Today there are approximately 300 such groups in the USA. The majority of them
are very small, and consist of no more than ten people. Several of these
organizations are religious and even peace-loving sects that think that white
people should get defined privileges in society. At the other end of the
spectrum are found organizations like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), which has a long
and vivid history, has thousands of members and has created its own
philosophical system of violence and brutality. The majority of these groups
assert that they are founded on the principles of Christianity, which is usually
diluted with militarist or anarchist ideology.

The main object of hatred tended to be dark-skinned people, though in recent
years a large degree of hatred has been directed at immigrants and Muslims. As
a result, groups that are founded on a racial ideology, like the KKK, are
experiencing a decline, but at the same time similar social structures with
ideologies similar to that of Adolf Hitler, such as the "National Alliance"
or "World Church of the Creator" are experiencing an influx of new
members. These groups have become all the more aggressive. Formal boundaries
between racist and neo-Nazi groups are gradually eroding. From internal discord
and rifts among various leaders, membership in both groups is loose, therefore
members of extremist organizations often transfer from one group to the next,
occasionally working as activists between several similar structures at the same
time. And the organizations themselves arrange joint operations and are
involved with each other in propagating their ideas.

For a period of many years, probably until the end of the 1960s, the KKK was the
most well-known and largest structure of this type. In 1965 it had 40,000
members. By the end of the 1970s, though, most people who shared the thesis
about the superiority of the white race already belonged to other organizations.
These organizations developed from informal clubs into highly organized
paramilitary organizations with well-trained, well-equipped camps. Sometimes
these groups run a racket or even rob a bank. In the 1990s, many of these
groups transformed into political organizations that endeavor to exert influence
on the country's legislature.

Today there are a minimum of 26 KKK groups in America. The largest and
fastest-growing of these calls itself the "Knights of the KKK" and is
found in the State of Arkansas. It is headed by Tom Robb. In 1974, this
organization was created by David Duke, one of the most well-known and
charismatic leaders of the racist movement (and a favorite of a certain
component of the Russian "patriots" - APN). Duke got a good
education, served in the Army and worked in the US State Department. In 1980,
he left the Knights and created a new organization - the National Association
for the Advancement of White People, which he referred to as a political KKK
without the white sheets. In 1988, Duke was elected to the US Congress, where
he served until 1992. In August 2002, Duke obtained an honorary doctorate
degree from Kiev University.

Nonetheless, the "knights" continue to actively operate without their
former leader. They conduct mass demonstration in the southern USA and has
become the first of these groups which began attracting skinheads and actively
developing ties with neo-Nazis. The Aryan Nation, which is founded in the state
of Idaho, presents of of the largest groups that is trying to unite the KKK and
neo-Nazis. The process of unification began in 1979, when the founder of the
group, Richard Butler, convened the first World Congress of the Aryan Nations,
which was attended by delegates from the USA, Canada and Europe. Another
well-known group, which was founded in 1973, calls itself the Church of the
Creator. Members conceive of themselves as soldiers who are waging a war
between the "clean" Aryan nations and the "dirty" nations.
In 1993, members of this organization were arrested for trying to kill Rodney
King. Black Rodney King became well-known after he was beaten by police in Los
Angeles. The court acquitted the police, which served as the reason for mass
disorder in this city in 1992. Members of "Church of the Creator"
were also making preparations to blow up churches where African-Americans
prayed.

The overwhelming majority of these groups are convinced that the government of
the USA is under the control of a conspiratorial group of "coloreds and/or
Jews." They believe it's necessary to overthrow the "Government of
Zionist Occupation" with the aid of terror and violence. However, in
recent times, they have also begun to actively operate with the assistance of
legitimate political methods. They accuse rights advocate organizations of
hatred toward people in the past and consider whites who reject their principles
to be traitors.

Other similar programs have a religious foundation. For example, certain groups
consider that Jews are the "children of the devil," or that white
people are the present-day offspring of a lost tribe of Israel. There are also
groups that blacks, Asians and Hindus are descended from semi-human creatures of
God who were created before Adam, for which reason they can be killed, as they
allegedly don't have human souls. The highest goal of all these group is to
create a society run by white people, in which representatives of other races do
not have rights.

A bandit armed with an automatic weapon captured a minibus with 13 American
tourists. After fatally wounding one of them and robbing the rest, he fled.
All this occurred in Guatemala, in the small town of Colomba. The tourists were
members of the Mormon sect, who were visiting the mountainous region of the
country, which was described in one of the sacred books of this religious sect,
reported the Guardian.